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Nepali Congress leadership and legal dispute

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The Nepali Congress is experiencing a leadership and legitimacy crisis characterized by continues to navigate internal factionalism and legal challenges. The Supreme Court has permitted a review of a previous verdict concerning disputes over a special general convention, following allegations that the gathering failed to meet the mandatory quorum threshold due to regarding its leadership and the withdrawal legitimacy of delegate signatures. The its upcoming 15th General Convention. While the party is currently remains divided between an establishment faction led by Gagan Kumar Thapa and a dissident faction led by former president Sher Bahadur Deuba. groups, President Gagan Thapa has confirmed that is actively seeking to mitigate the party’s 15th General Convention will proceed crisis through internal dialogue. Thapa has engaged in Kathmandu from October 2 discussions with former Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka to 5, asserting that the timeline address concerns regarding membership updates and participation rights. Additionally, Thapa is dictated by scheduled to meet with leader Dr. Shekhar Koirala to discuss proposals for maintaining party unity, specifically regarding the composition of party statute and recent court rulings. He has dismissed parallel meetings held by dissenting members as “meaningless committees and unjustified.” However, the crisis has deepened as the Deuba-aligned faction filed a writ petition to halt the convention process, accusing rivals Gagan Thapa and Bishwo Prakash Sharma integration of attempting central working committees. In response to unilaterally influence judicial proceedings and spreading misinformation while logistical challenges, the case party’s Working Committee is sub-judice. The rift has escalated into considering a formal split, with opposing factions scheduling separate conventions. The establishment faction, associated with Deuba, has proposed starting one-week postponement of the ward-level conventions on September 15, aiming for a main convention conventions. This potential delay is attributed to recent flooding in late November. Simultaneously, a dissident faction led by Dr. Shashank Koirala has announced its own Rasuwa, road disruptions, the Haritalika Teej festival, and the need for further internal consultations. Despite these adjustments, the 15th General Convention in Kathmandu for December 7 remains scheduled to 9, following a schedule of ward, local, and provincial conventions through November. Efforts take place from October 2 to resolve the rift through dialogue have reportedly seen little substantive progress. 4.

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